Hello!

This week we spent some time reviewing the characters and setting of a story, while providing students the opportunity to get familiar with Minecraft Education by "building" one of the characters or setting in the story! Our third graders were reviewing division with a snowman craft, while our second graders were completing their math MAP test and Amira test.

Next week, we will dive into text structure beginning with sequence, including finding transitional phrases that show order. Students will get to further use Minecraft Education to build a scene from a story. At the end, they will work together to put the scenes in order to show the story! For math, we will be doing a massive review of various skills covered since the beginning of the year, while others are completing their MAP and Amira tests.

Important Dates:

Friday, January 21st- No online classes with Mrs. Harmon

Friday, February 4th- No School- Curriculum Day

Week in Review:

Fractions, Fractions and more Fractions! Both grade levels are in the middle of tricky units. We went from whole numbers to a much more abstract concept. Many students are finding fractions to be difficult. Please spend some extra time each day reviewing basic multiplication and division. These two things are both heavily used in simplifying, adding, subtracting and reducing fractions. Knowing the steps to solve the problem is only the first hurdle.

Looking Ahead:

We will continue to work hard here at TAC. We will be working on adding, subtracting and converting fractions with whole group as well as letting partners and small groups complete Center Activities. We have discussed similes and metaphors and will continue to expose them to different types of figurative language.